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Eastbourne Borough constituency
Eastbourne shown within East Sussex, and East Sussex shown within England
Created:	1885
MP:	Nigel Waterson
Party:	Conservative
Type:	House of Commons
County:	East Sussex
EP constituency:	South East England

Eastbourne is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is currently a marginal seat between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, although the Conservatives have seldom lost since it was created.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 4 Elections 4.1 Elections in the 2000s 4.2 Elections in the 1990s 4.3 Elections in the 1980s 4.4 Elections in the 1970s 4.5 Elections in the 1960s 4.6 Elections in the 1950s 4.7 Elections in the 1940s 4.8 Elections in the 1930s 4.9 Elections in the 1920s 5 Trivia 6 Sources 7 See also

The constituency covers the town of Eastbourne in East Sussex, in particular the whole Borough of Eastbourne, along with some nearby villages such as Willingdon, Wannock, East Dean, and Friston.

This seat was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. Its territory had previously been incorporated in the East Sussex constituency, which in turn had been created by the Reform Act 1832 as a division of the Sussex constituency.

There have been four by-elections in the constituency:

• Eastbourne by-election, 1925 (held by the Conservatives), following the resignation of the Conservative MP Sir George Ambrose Lloyd
• Eastbourne by-election, 1932 (held by the Conservatives), following the death of the Conservative MP Edward Marjoribanks
• Eastbourne by-election, 1935 (held by the Conservatives), following the death of the Conservative MP John Slater
• Eastbourne by-election, 1990 (won by the Liberal Democrat), following the death of the Conservative MP Ian Gow

Election		Member	Party
1885		constituency created
	1885	Edward Field
	1886
	1892
	1895
	1900	Sir Lindsay Hogg
	1906	Hubert Beaumont	Liberal
	1910	Rupert Gwynne	Conservative
	1910
	1918
	1922
	1923
	1924	Sir George Lloyd	Conservative
	1925	Sir William Reginald Hall	Conservative
	1929	Edward Marjoribanks	Conservative
	1931
	1932	John Slater	Conservative
	1935	Charles Stuart Taylor	Conservative
	1945
	1950
	1951
	1955
	1959
	1964
	1966
	1970
	February 1974	Ian Gow	Conservative (assassinated)
	October 1974
	1979
	1983
	1987
	1990	David Bellotti	Liberal Democrat
	1992	Nigel Waterson	Conservative
	1997
	2001
	2005

General Election 2005: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Waterson	21,033	43.5	-0.6
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Lloyd	19,909	41.1	+1.8
	Labour	Andrew Jones	5,268	10.9	-2.4
	UK Independence	Andrew Meggs	1,233	2.5	+0.5
	Green	Clive Gross	949	2.0	N/A
Majority			1,124	2.3
Turnout			48,392	64.8	+5.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Waterson	19,738	44.1	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Berry	17,584	39.3	+0.9
	Labour	Gillian Roles	5,967	13.3	+0.8
	UK Independence	Barry Jones	907	2.0	+1.5
	Liberal	Theresia Williamson	574	1.3	-0.1
Majority			2,154	4.8
Turnout			44,770	59.6	-13.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Waterson	22,183	42.1	-10.9
	Liberal Democrat	Chris Berry	20,189	38.3	-2.9
	Labour	David Lines	6,576	12.5	+7.8
	Referendum Party	Trevor Lowe	2,724	5.2	N/A
	Liberal	Theresia Williamson	741	1.4
	UK Independence	John Dawkins	254	0.5	N/A
Majority			1,994	3.8
Turnout			52,667	72.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

This constituency underwent boundary changes between the 1992 and 1997 general elections and thus change in share of vote is based on a notional calculation.

General Election 1992: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Waterson	31,792	51.6
	Liberal Democrat	David Bellotti	26,311	42.7
	Labour	Ivan Gibbons	2,834	4.6
	Green	David Aherne	391	0.6
	Liberal	Theresia Williamson	296	0.5
Majority			5,481	8.9
Turnout			61,624	80.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election 1990: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	David Bellotti	23,415	50.8
	Conservative	Richard Hickmet	18,865	41.0
	Labour	Charlotte Atkins	2,308	5.0
	Green	David Aherne	553	1.2
	Liberal	Theresia Williamson	526	1.1
	Corrective Party	Lady Whiplash	216	0.5
	National Front	John McAuley	154	0.3
	Ironside Party	Eric Page	35	0.1
Majority			4,550	9.8
Turnout			46,072	60.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

General Election 1987: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gow	33,587	59.9
	Liberal	P G Driver	16,664	29.7
	Labour	A Patel	4,928	8.8
	Green	R Addison	867	1.6
Majority			16,923	30.2
Turnout			56,046	75.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1983: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gow	31,501	59.1
	Liberal	P G Driver	18,015	33.8
	Labour	C A Clark	3,790	7.1
Majority			13,486	25.3
Turnout			53,306	73.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1979: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gow	37,168	63.05
	Liberal	David Bellotti	11,084	18.80
	Labour	Len Caine	10,166	17.24
	National Front	C Mitchell	533	0.90
Majority			26,084	44.25
Turnout			58,951	76.68
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gow	30,442	54.66
	Liberal	G H Millar	14,417	25.89
	Labour	Len Caine	10,830	19.45
Majority			16,025	28.78
Turnout			55,689	74.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Gow	31,462	51.31
	Liberal	S Terrell	23,987	39.12
	Labour	D S Dawson	5,874	9.58
Majority			7,475	12.19
Turnout			61,323	82.60
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1970: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Stuart Taylor	30,296	48.80
	Liberal	S Terrell	23,308	37.55
	Labour	C G Abley	8,475	13.65
Majority			6,988	11.26
Turnout			62,079	73.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1966: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Stuart Taylor	26,039	46.26
	Liberal	S Terrell	16,746	29.75
	Labour	J H High	12,620	22.42
	Independent	V H Petty	883	1.57
Majority			9,293	16.51
Turnout			56,288	77.24
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1964: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Stuart Taylor	26,410	49.01
	Liberal	S Terrell	15,441	28.66
	Labour	J E M Baker	12,034	22.33
Majority			10,969	20.36
Turnout			53,885	76.70
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1959: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Stuart Taylor	27,874	57.28
	Liberal	R L Gardner-Thorpe	8,955	18.40
	Labour	A A Dumont	11,837	24.32
Majority			16,037	32.95
Turnout			48,666	77.28
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-election 1925: Eastbourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sir William Reginald Hall	12,741	58.4	−9.5
	Liberal	H. Johnstone	5,386	24.7	+8.6
	Labour	T.S.B. Williams	3,696	16.9	+0.9
Majority			7,355	33.7	−18.1
Turnout			21,823	60.7	−14.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−9.0

Rupert Sackville Gwynne, MP from 1910 to 1924, was brother of Roland, lover of suspected Eastbourne serial killer, John Bodkin Adams.

• Historical list of MPs
• Election result, 2005 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (BBC)
• Election results, 1997 - 2001 (Election Demon)
• Election results, 1983 - 1992
• Election results, 1992 - 2005 (Guardian)
• Election results, 1950 - 2001 (Keele University)
• (1945) The Times House of Commons 1945. The Times. 
• (2003) in Iain Dale: The Times House of Commons 1929, 1931, 1935. Politico's (reprint). ISBN 1-84275-033-X. 
• Craig, F. W. S. [1969] (1983). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949, 3rd edition, Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 
• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.

• List of Parliamentary constituencies in East Sussex

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